Daniel Kwon, MD

Attending Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Dr. Kwon is a board certified and fellowship trained head and neck cancer surgeon. He has special training in head and neck cancer surgery including microvascular reconstruction, robotic surgery, thyroid/parathyroid surgery. His practice focuses on thyroid cancer and complex head and neck tumors.

He co-directs the Thyroid Center of Excellence at Keck Medicine of USC and is part of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) Thyroid Cancer group. Alongside his colleague partner, Dr. Gabriel Gomez, he is the highest volume pediatric thyroid surgeon in the West Coast.

Clinical Interests

Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery
Microvascular Reconstruction

Education

Medical School

Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

Residency
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda, CA
Fellowship

Head and Neck Oncology, Microvascular Reconstruction and Robotics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY

Accomplishments

Certifications

Otolaryngology, American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 
Fellow of American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Professional Memberships

American Head and Neck Society 
American College of Surgeons 
American Thyroid Association 
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Society

Publications

Park J, Chang C, Kwon D. Use of fibrin adhesive for preventing pharyngocutaneous fistula in total laryngectomy. American Journal of Otolaryngology. 2020 Nov 1;41(6):102674. 

Vuong CD, Watson WB, Kwon DI, Mohan SS, Perez MN, Lee SC, Simental AA. Cost effectiveness of intraoperative pathology in the management of indeterminate thyroid nodules. Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2020. 

Kwon D, Genden EM, de Bree R, Rodrigo JP, Rinaldo A, Sanabria A, Rapidis AD, Takes RP, Ferlito A. Overcoming wound complications in head and neck salvage surgery. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2018 Dec 1;45(6):1135-42. 

Kwon D, Simental A. Techniques for thyroid cancer involving extreme superior thyroid pole. Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2018 Mar 1;29(1):10-3.

Research

Dr. Kwon has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal publications, book chapters, and review editorials in the realms of head and neck cancer and thyroid disease.